Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel The Feral Detective looks to be heading to the big screen, with Sue Kroll’s Kroll & Co. Entertainment optioning the rights to the book and setting a movie adaptation at Warner Bros. Pictures. The Amazon description for The Feral Detective reads: Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer […]
Colin Trevorrow producing sci-fi adaptation Space Opera
Universal Pictures has enlisted Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow and Marc Platt of Marc Platt Productions to produce a music-themed adaptation of Catherynne M. Valente’s science fiction novel Space Opera. The Amazon description for the novel, which has been compared to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, reads: A century ago, the Sentience […]
Creepy Crawlers toy line heading to the big screen for movie adaptation
The classic toy brand Creepy Crawlers is heading to the big screen courtesy of Paramount Players and producer Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious, Goosebumps). Originally developed by Mattel and launching in 1964, Creepy Crawlers is a series of moulds which allow kids to create a variety of bug-like creatures. It was revived by ToyMax […]
Blumhouse and NBC team for horror drama Cul-De-Sac
NBC is teaming with Blumhouse Television and Universal Television for a new horror drama series entitled Cul-De-Sac, which is being eyed as the first project under a new ‘Blumhouse Presents’ banner. Deadline reports that Cul-De-Sac has been written by Brian Sieve (Scream: The TV Series) and follows “three families living in a suburban cul-de-sac who […]
Syfy orders pilot for Dark Horse adaptation Resident Alien
Deadline is reporting that Syfy has granted a pilot order to Resident Alien, an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name by Peter Horgan and Steve Parkhouse. Described as dark, twisted and comedic fish-out-of-water story, Resident Alien “follows a crash-landed alien named Harry who, after taking on the identity of […]
Danny Glover joins Harlem drama Strive
Veteran actor Danny Glover has joined the cast of Strive, a new film from director-producer Robert Rippberger of Aletheia Films. Written by Harlem native Sha-Risse R. Smith, Strive is a story about an underprivileged girl with a dream of a great education, and a better life. Kalani (Joi Campbell), is a teenager living in Harlem with […]
Alien: Covenant’s Amy Seimetz cast in the Pet Sematary remake
Deadline is reporting that Amy Seimetz (Alien: Covenant) has become the latest addition to the cast of Paramount Pictures’ Stephen King remake Pet Sematary, joining the previously announced Jason Clarke (Winchester) and John Lithgow (The Crown). Seimetz will portray the female lead, Rachel Creed, the wife of Clarke’s Louis Creed, and mother to young Gage, […]
Zack Snyder sets The Fountainhead as his next film, still producing Wonder Woman 2
It seems that Zack Snyder is gearing up to get back behind the camera, with the Watchmen and Justice League director revealing on the social media site Vero that his next project will be an adaptation of Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead. The Fountainhead is officially Zack's next project instead of The Last Photograph. […]
Chris Pratt defends Star-Lord’s actions in Avengers: Infinity War
Warning. Avengers: Infinity War spoilers follow… Earth’s Mightiest Heroes suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, as the Mad Titan succeeded in his goal of assembling the six Infinity Stones and using them to eliminate half of all life in the universe. Things could have been so much different […]
Frank Castle and Jigsaw exchange gunfire in The Punisher season 2 set video and photos
Last week a video from the set of The Punisher season two arrived online offering a glimpse of the returning Ben Barnes as Billy Russo, who – after his climactic encounter with Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle – has now transitioned into the classic Punisher baddie Jigsaw. Well, we now have some more set photos and […]
